Thursday, June 28, 2007

Those Who Do Not Learn From The Mistakes of History...?


Reposted

Friday, December 15, 2006

Those Who Do Not Learn From The Mistakes of History...?

The Left has been trying for some time now to morph the War on Terror into another Vietnam.
Here's what Victor David Hanson of National Review says:"Vietnam, My Lai, pullout, deadline, cutoff -- all the old remembrances are returning, as the graying antiwar generation of the 1960s will not go quietly into the night.
Abu Ghraib and Haditha are the new Tiger Cages and napalm; George Bush is the Johnson or Nixon of our age; and 'no blood for oil' is similar to the old mythical conspiracies of why we were in Vietnam."And the report gives the Left just what it wants -- surrender; albeit with high-minded words and a pretty package.
And what will happen if we follow the report's recommendations and leave before the job is done... before the Iraqis are able to handle this situation themselves... before we have reasonable assurances that Americans will be safe from future terrorist attacks?Hanson has a few words on that as well:
"Once we leave, the killing starts in earnest, not 20 or 30 per day, but wholesale slaughter of any Iraqis who taught school, or were clean shaven and wore Western dress, or fought to save Iraq. Millions of refugees flee to the West. Those who stay are killed or 'reeducated.' Islamism, like Communism, is empowered with the American defeat... Americans abroad will be ripe targets, since, like the Iranian hostage taking of 1979, there will be an unspoken assurance that the United States would not dare risk another Iraq/Vietnam."
Remember what happened when we let politicians run the war in Vietnam from thousands of miles away and pulled out before the South Vietnamese were ready to defend themselves?Mass murderer Ho Chi Minh executed and imprisoned numberless Vietnamese. Millions died. Hundreds of thousands fled the country, including the desperate boat people, many of whom drowned or died of exposure.
With American troops gone, the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot, a communist terrorist, took control of Cambodia; and during his reign of terror, 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, torture or execution -- approximately 30% of the Cambodian population.It can happen again! If we accept the recommendations of this report and cut and run, radical Islam will win and it WILL happen again!But it could be much worse this time!
Osama bin Laden, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syria's leader Bashar Assad, the suicide bombers who kill in the name of Allah -- will see our withdrawal as the final defeat of America ("the Great Satan").
America will be humiliated by a bunch of third-world thugs -- drunk on ideology -- who will win because they believed while Americans doubted.
And we will see brutality that will shock the world as America's enemies realize they can strike at us at home and abroad with impunity because our political leaders lack the will to do what must be done!
That's why patriotic Americans MUST take action NOW!

McCain Dismisses Talk of Quitting

McCain Dismisses Talk of Quitting
Friday June 29, 2007 2:01 AM

By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain dismissed the notion Thursday that he would drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination because he's lagging in fundraising and trailing in polls.
``That's ridiculous,'' the Arizona senator told reporters in the Capitol. ``Why in the world would I want to do that?''
``It would be nuts,'' McCain said, adding that the first primary contests are a full six months away and arguing that voters won't start paying close attention until the fall. ``I don't know why I would even remotely consider such a thing in the month of June, or July.''

McCain won't give up on immigration; other GOP candidates say good riddance

By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence

McCain won't give up on immigration; other GOP candidates say good riddance
The Senate has turned the page on immigration, but it's unclear whether Arizona Sen. John McCain can do the same in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

McCain is a co-author of the defeated bill, which would have given millions of illegal immigrants a way to earn citizenship as well as strengthened border enforcement.

(Update at 4:15 p.m. ET: McCain issued a statement saying he is disappointed and making clear he is not giving up his fight. "The American people will not settle for the status quo –- de facto amnesty and broken borders," he said. "I am hopeful that we will have another chance to address this critical national security issue that affects people throughout our country. In the meantime, we must keep working to secure our borders while we continue fighting to reform our unenforceable immigration laws.")

In May polling, Giuliani tops the field of GOP hopefuls

In May polling, Giuliani tops the field of GOP hopefuls
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | June 28, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Republicans overwhelmingly want Ronald Reagan. But for the moment, they'll take Rudy Giuliani.

A comprehensive poll of 2,000 Republicans unveiled yesterday portrays a party in search of a leader, with the overwhelming majority hoping for someone like the former president. But when faced with the slate of 10 announced GOP candidates and two other potential contenders, those surveyed favored former New York mayor Giuliani across the board, with even so-called "moralists" preferring the candidate who has drawn fire from conservatives because of his divorces and his support of abortion rights.

"Giuliani is universally known to all Republicans," and scores high on leadership qualities among primary voters, said Tony Fabrizio, the GOP pollster who directed the comprehensive study. Among a 12-man field, Giuliani drew 30 percent support, followed by Arizona Senator John McCain with 17 percent, former senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee with 15 percent. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who has not announced a run, received 9 percent each.

Read the full story

www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/28/in_may_polling_giuliani_tops_the_field_of_gop_hopefuls



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